The Tomato Book: a Guide to the Pleasures of Choosing, Growing, and Cooking: How to Grow and Cook Tomatoes - Hardcover

Gail Harland; Sofia Larrinua-Craxton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405341181 ISBN 13: 9781405341189

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 2009

Synopsis

Everything you ever wanted to know about tomatoes

Whether you have a penchant for Principe Borghese or yearn for a Yellow Butterfly, this is the true tomato lover's faithful companion.

Delve into this little book, and you will find all the information you need on growing tomatoes. Discover the most reliable varieties, the highest yielding bushes, and those with the most intriguing shapes and colours. Find detailed advice on every aspect of growing tomatoes outdoors, under glass, and in the ground, in growbags, pots and even hanging baskets.

Symptom charts will help you identify pests and diseases before they have a chance to destroy your tomato crop. And when you are ready to harvest, there are 35 recipes that let your lovingly nurtured tomatoes take centre stage, plus ideas for preserving them in ketchups, chutneys and relishes and notes on freezing and drying.

About this title

Product Description:

Offers information you want to know about tomatoes. Whether you have a penchant for Principe Borghese or yearn for a Yellow Butterfly, this book provides you advice on different aspects of growing tomatoes outdoors, under glass, and in the ground, in growbags, pots and even hanging baskets.

Review:

Inspiring --BBC Gardener's World, July 1, 2009

A good book, that is easy to recommend. --Gardens Illustrated, June 1, 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405341181
• ISBN 13: 9781405341189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192